<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): The Malaysian Investment Development Board (Mida) has approved 12 data centre investment projects that include data centre activities, cloud computing and data hosting with an investment of RM90.2 billion over the period from 2021 to June 30, 2024.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) announced that of the total approved, six projects with an investment of RM68.9 billion — four in Johor and one each in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur — have been completed and are operating.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"Another six projects are in various stages of planning or construction, namely one project in Negeri Sembilan, two projects in Selangor and three projects in Johor," Miti said in a written response on the Parliament website on Thursday.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

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The Malaysian Investment Development Board (Mida) has approved 12 data centre investment projects that include data centre activities, cloud computing and data hosting with an investment of RM90.2 billion over the period from 2021 to June 30, 2024.

Twelve data centre projects worth RM90.2b greenlit from 2021 to June 2024 — Miti

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<p>Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an "inhuman" Christmas Day assault, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.</p>


<p>Azerbaijan Airlines suspended flights to two cities in southern Russia after a passenger plane heading in that direction was diverted across the Caspian Sea and crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing dozens.</p>


<p>Yildiz Holding AS, the Turkish conglomerate behind Godiva chocolates and McVitie’s biscuits, will sell its marinas to focus on its core food and retail businesses.</p>


<p>Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad's removal more than two weeks ago.</p>


<p>Oil steadied after an advance on Tuesday, with China’s stimulus measures and the outlook for US stockpiles in focus.</p>
